Parque de los Novios — Attraction in Santa Marta

Parque de Los Novios is the hub of SANTA Marta. Every Taxi driver knows where to find it. In the early hours of the morning it can be quite dead, however as early morning turns into mid afternoon it starts to comes alive. A complete transformation, so much so that some evenings it’s almost standing room only. Many street performers, talented musicians line the fringes of the square and play for those seated at the surrounding Restaurants. You will also see some talented street dancers making several rounds during the evening. The occasional human statue will often be around to grace your presence. They will ask for tips, and please give them something. Most are from Venezuela which is currently in crisis and this is how they support their families, you have to respect them for that, they work long hours often in the bit sun for just a few dollars. The occasional cheeky child will approach with a cute smile and ask for money, you would think they would be in kindergarten but this is the sad reality of there lives, however they are often very intelligent and street smart, generally their parents are close by or within a few blocks distance. It’s hard not to resist their beaming eyes as they plead for help, most have genuine needs, but if you are here for a while, just note that they will recognise you and you’ll be a favourite target for them to return to and beg. I’ve found best to share food as you can never be sure where the money will go... if you’re eating a pizza why not give them a slice, you could probably do with saving the calories if you’re honest, and hey, you’re just making room for the Gelato Icecream also close by. Tables and Chairs will appear mid afternoon and it’s a great spot to quench your thirst with a chilled Club Colombia. For the main part it’s safe and a has a great night atmosphere. That being said, have your wits about you, if you are an obvious foreigner, you will almost definitely be propositioned... for many different nameless things, even from the most honest looking citizen. But don’t let that put you off, I’ve spent many a nice evening here. During the day you can find shade under the trees and sit on a bench to read, street vendors will approach you can buy anything from, ice cream, hot chocolate or evening have your shoes shined as you are sitting down. I’d occasionally come here to read. Police have a good presence here and are very helpful and friendly. The waiters are also very friendly and feel free to practise your...

It's a very well placed part where there are lots of options for restaurants and food and drinks but it can be very crowded and there is a lot of people selling you a lot of different stuff and begging for money which I think it's quite they're nice I think it will be better if the locals or take count of this so they can actually do something about it mostly with the local sellers they should have options so they can sell their own stuff without asking the people all the time if they want to actually buy something like cigarettes or chiclets and this kind of different stuff that you might not need and it's also very noisy so if you want to have a nice conversation it's very hard and there are need of more benches for people to sit and enjoy the beauties of the architecture of these of this park I think it's a very nice place to visit it's very important if you coming to Santa Marta to come to this park mostly if You are traveling with...

Parque de Los Novios is the downtown of Santa Marta concerning the night life of this city. The place is plenty of bar and restaurants all surrounding the main square which is a meeting point here. There is a lot of music during the night coming from bar or discos and you can find bar where sometime people is dancing salsa or bands are playing music. Some bar have a dj set on the roof of the building and you can see a landscape od Santa Marta during the night. You go there by taxi and also you can pick up a taxi to return to your home. The most important thing is to stay inside the border of the main calles where people is in order to avoid solitary narrow street when walking as you don't know and prudence is important. Personally I never had an accident here so the...